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Esther is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City. She is a member of the Manhattan Tribespeople.
Overview[]
Esther is a kind and generous woman, who can often be overly trusting. After meeting Maggie and Negan, despite having just met them, she treats them with kindness and respect, even offering to trade food with them. It appears that Esther does this quite often with strangers, as Tommaso mentions how Esther always seems to bring in new people. However, Esther is shown to be well-loved by her people with Tommaso being devastated by her death despite their differences.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
Location Unknown[]
Nothing is known about Esther's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that she may have been born and raised in Israel, due to the fact that she mainly speaks Hebrew. If she was not already living in the United States, she would likely have moved to Manhattan prior to August 2010.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Season 1[]
"Old Acquaintances"[]
As Maggie, Negan, and Jano travel through Manhattan, they are observed by Esther from a nearby rooftop. Later, Maggie and Negan flee from Perlie Armstrong and a herd into the backroom of Big J Cleaners, where they encounter Esther who blows out Negan's match.
"Who's There?"[]
Walkers try to break into the room where Maggie and Negan are hiding, all of their stuff having been stolen by Esther. The two escape through a hole in the celling and follow Esther to where she's climbing an elevator shaft. A walker falls into a pile at the bottom of the shaft and Negan quips to Maggie that "it's just a ball of fun hangin' out with you, ain't it?" Maggie and Negan climb the ladder after Esther who escapes to another building using a zipline, impressing Negan. Much to their surprise, Esther sends the hook back to them and tells Maggie and Negan to follow her. The two zipline across, Maggie narrowly avoiding the walkers overrunning the building. The same music that they heard before suddenly begins playing and Maggie gets stuck near the other end of the zipline, dangling over the walker-infested streets of Manhattan. Maggie makes it the rest of the way across after rejecting Negan's help and they head inside of the building that they've reached.
Maggie and Negan climb in through a window and find Esther in a large room going through their stuff. Although Maggie protests her actions, Negan lets her keep something and Esther offers them some food in trade. Negan asks the old woman to take them to the building where the smoke is coming from, but she protests in Hebrew which Negan guesses translates into "hell freaking no." Negan tells Maggie that they can either go back or see how things play out with Esther, but if they go back, the only thing waiting for them is a herd and a marshal's bullet. Maggie reluctantly concedes, and Esther beckons them to follow her.
Esther leads Maggie and Negan down some stairs where Amaia and Tommaso aim modified nail guns at them, while Esther tries to defuse the situation. Negan immediately disarms himself followed by Maggie reluctantly while Amaia and Tommaso argue about how the old woman keeps bringing back people for them to take in. "I am guessing they are not with the Croat," comments Maggie which Negan sarcastically agrees with. Negan interrupts the argument, acknowledging that they don't know each other and they might not be friendly, but he doubts that Esther has brought them all of this way to get killed.
Tommaso claims that there's thousands of them and they own this city, but Amaia asks what they're after, pointing out that it's pretty obvious that Maggie and Negan aren't from around here. Maggie claims that they were heading up north to a settlement in Canada when their boat washed them ashore in Manhattan during a storm and they're just here to get supplies and get on their way again. However, Amaia doesn't believe Maggie's story and Esther argues with her as Tommaso disarms the two. Tommaso leads Maggie and Negan through the Manhattan Tribespeople's hideout, has Luther search through Maggie's bag and, much to Negan's annoyance, locks them in an old bathroom.
A short time later, chaos breaks out as several Burazi, armed with makeshift metal spears, arrive at the hideout, prompting Esther and the other survivors to gather their belongings and flee. On the roof, the surviving group members prepare to make their escape, but one Buraz takes Esther hostage. As Negan tries to talk the man down, he keeps muttering "doma smo," before suddenly stabbing Esther in the chest, killing her to everyone's horror, before Negan finally subdues the man by slamming him headfirst into a beam. Cradling Esther's body, Tommaso breaks down crying, before stabbing Esther in the head in order to keep her from reanimating. Negan instructs everyone else to make their escape across the ziplines while he deals with the captured Buraz. However, Maggie follows Negan back inside. Negan brutally kills the Buraz, avenging Esther.
Death[]
- Killed By
- Tommaso (Caused; Before Reanimation)
Tommaso makes a deal with the Croat in exchange for his and Amaia's safety, giving up the locations of the Manhattan Tribespeople's Hideouts, leading to an attack on one of them.
- Unnamed Buraz
After taking Esther hostage, this man stabs her in the chest.
After Esther's death, Tommaso tearfully stabs her in the head in order to keep her from reanimating.
Killed Victims[]
This list shows the victims Esther has killed:
- Numerous counts of zombies and possibly unnamed people
Relationships[]
Allies[] |
Enemies[] |
Appearances[]
Dead City[]
Season 1[]
- "Old Acquaintances" (No Lines)
- "Who's There?"
Trivia[]
- Esther is shown only speaking in Hebrew aside from telling Maggie and Negan in English to "come."
Dead City Characters
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|---|---|
| The Bricks | Maggie • Hershel • Nina • Mr. Aizawa • Wesley • Tim • Victoria • Gretchen |
| New Babylon Federation | Negan • Perlie • Benjamin • Ginny • Lucia • Larry • Yadi • Houseman • Charlie • Jason • Jano • Jones • Gritz |
| Manhattan Tribespeople | Tommaso • Amaia • Rizza • Luther • Esther |
| The Burazi | Dama • Croat • Cole • Waylen • Victor |
| Manhattan | Dan • Joel |
| The Scragglers | Dre |
| Silk Stockings | Bruegel • Tony |
| Blood Shirts | Mila • Christos |
| The Foragers | Roksana • Joan |
| Miscellaneous Survivors | Annie • Joshua • Simon • Beth • Hershel • Patricia • Annette • Shawn • Otis • Josephine • Kata • Lucille |
| Animals | Bobbie |
| Alive characters appear in green. Dead characters appear in red and italics. Unknown characters appear in blue. Undead characters appear in gray and italics. | |